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DescriptionSet in 1912 and centered on a historical event, the moving and compelling coming-of-age story of Turner, a white ministers son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl, Lizzie, and who finds his own strength and voice after painful losses transform his life In this powerful and moving novel, Turner Buckminster, a preachers son newly arrived in in Phippsburg, Maine, meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a strong, spirited black girl from Malaga Island, a nearby island community founded by former slaves. All of Phippsburg, especially Turners repressive father, disapprove of their friendship, but Turner ignores them; Lizzie is the wisest, most knowledgeable person he ever met. On top of knowing everything, she can row a boat and pitch a baseball like a champ. The towns move to turn the island into a tourist attraction destroys the powerless community, a historical event that occurred in 1912. It is the catalyst for a wave of personal losses that shakes Turners world but leaves him whole. With a new introduction by the author and authors note.About the AuthorGary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars; and National Book Award Finalist Okay for Now. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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